Example sentences of "[vb past] been [vb pp] [coord] [adv] the " in BNC.
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1 | The effect is such you would think a giant mountain range had been flooded and only the peaks are left showing above the waterline . |
2 | By June of that year the water had been excluded and thereafter the new dock was constructed . |
3 | In this case , the mortgagee had been paid and only the receivers were awaiting their remuneration and costs . |
4 | The Poles took the matter seriously , but the League of Nations , saying that no-one had been hurt and perhaps the revolver had not been loaded , took no action . |
5 | It was a strong probability that the Guardian still retained in their archives a numbered copy of the minutes which would have told us immediately to whom that copy had been issued and therefore the name of the informant . |